Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

"Is the manager here?" Lu Yan asked after entering Huang's Pill Pavilion.

The interior space is quite large, and the decoration is extremely luxurious; this kind of shop is considered quite good in Midtown.

"What business does this guest have with our manager?" a waiter asked as he approached.

"Selling pills," Lu Yan said directly.

"What kind of elixir is it?" the waiter asked again.

"Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill, Intermediate Spirit Recovery Pill, Intermediate Healing Pill, Bone Strengthening Pill, and Phoenix Clearing Pill."

"May I ask if you are an alchemist?" Seeing that Lu Yan was selling a wide variety of pills, the shop assistant vaguely guessed that Lu Yan was an alchemist, and his expression gradually became more respectful.

"That's right, a first-tier intermediate alchemist." Lu Yan nodded in acknowledgment.

"Please come to the inner room and have a seat. I'll go and call our manager right away." The waiter respectfully led Lu Yan to the inner room, and a special person brought tea and snacks.

A moment later, a middle-aged monk with a rather plump appearance entered the private room.

"Oh dear, I've kept you waiting, alchemist. This is my fault. Please forgive me." The man apologized immediately upon seeing Lu Yan, adopting a very humble posture.

"Shopkeeper Huang, you're too kind. I just arrived recently," Lu Yan replied, standing up.

"I am Huang Niu. May I ask your esteemed name, Master Dan?" After the two were seated, the shopkeeper first introduced himself and then asked.

Lu Yan: ...

Lu Yan was speechless upon hearing this name.

"My name is Yan Lu, and I haven't been in Wuyou City for long," Lu Yan said, giving the pseudonym he had prepared in advance.

"So Master Yan has just arrived in Wuyou City. No wonder you look unfamiliar."

"Yan came here because he's a bit short on cash lately and wants to sell some pills to get spirit stones." Lu Yan didn't intend to waste any more words and directly took out a few samples.

"Hmm~ Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill, Intermediate Spirit Recovery Pill, Intermediate Healing Pill, Bone Strengthening Pill, and even Qingfeng Pill! Master Yan's alchemy skills are quite exquisite." After inspecting the pills, Huang Niu couldn't help but praise them.

"So-so."

"I wonder how many pills Master Yan has to sell?"

"Not many, a total of one hundred and fifty," Lu Yan said.

"Hiss~" The scalper was also startled when he heard this number. He did not expect that Lu Yan was actually a prolific alchemist.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, I can give you eighty spirit stones for each of these intermediate-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills, Healing Pills, and Bone Strengthening Pills, and one spirit stone plus fifty spirit stones for each intermediate-grade Spirit Recovery Pill."

"Qingfeng Pill is a bit more expensive, I'll give you four low-grade spirit stones," the scalper said, stating the price.

"Sure." Lu Yan nodded after listening and continued, "What if the quality reaches the mid-grade price?"

"For mid-grade pills, each of the intermediate-grade Spirit Nourishing Pill, Healing Pill, and Bone Strengthening Pill costs one spirit stone and seventy spirit fragments."

"One intermediate-grade Rejuvenation Pill costs four low-grade spirit stones, and the Clear Phoenix Pill costs six low-grade spirit stones. I wonder how many Alchemist Yan has?" Upon hearing that there were intermediate-grade pills, the ox became somewhat anxious.

There are quite a few alchemists in Worry-Free City, and he has no shortage of pills, but they are mostly low-grade. As for mid-grade or high-grade pills, it depends on fate. After all, his shop is just a small business in Worry-Free City.

"Not many, just over two hundred."

"What! More than two hundred!" The scalper was completely shocked when he heard this number, and looked at Lu Yan with disbelief.

……

After leaving the Huang Clan's Pill Pavilion, Lu Yan found himself with 1,500 low-grade spirit stones.

Not only did they dispose of all the useless first-tier intermediate pills, but they also sold all the first-tier low-grade pills to the Huang Clan Pill Pavilion.

No wonder so many people like to be alchemists; they can spend spirit stones quickly and earn them just as quickly.

With these 1,500-plus low-grade spirit stones, plus what he already had, he now possesses nearly 2,500 low-grade spirit stones and eight mid-grade spirit stones.

Overall, they are very wealthy.

Lu Yan first bought a large amount of medicinal herbs, spending three hundred low-grade spirit stones.

After thinking it over, I bought three mid-grade magic weapons: a large sword, a shield, and a pair of boots, spending nearly five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

With his current equipment, even without using any items, he wouldn't be afraid of encountering a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

When the roulette wheel reset to zero around midnight (11 PM to 1 AM), Lu Yan pressed the zigzag wheel to see if he could spin something good.

After the spinning wheel stopped, nine low-grade spirit stones and a copper coin appeared. Lu Yan was overjoyed, knowing that he had gotten something good.

Just like the Fortune Fruit and the Pickaxe of the Mining God in the past.

Lu Yan examined the copper coin closely with an excited expression.

The copper coin was golden in color and had patterns on both sides, but one side had the sun and the other had the moon, which was quite peculiar.

After reading it, Lu Yan began to understand the specific function of copper coins.

"Fortune Coin (once a month)"

The item of the chosen one contains the power of yin and yang. If you toss a coin upwards and it lands with the yang side facing up, you will be extremely lucky for the next day; otherwise, you will be plagued by bad luck.

Friendly reminder: People always say that fate is in your own hands, but I'm telling you that's a lie. Fate has always been in my own hands.

So how tomorrow goes depends entirely on how I land~

Hmm... how should I put it?

It's a mixed bag.

When should I use it? I'm so conflicted.

After much hesitation, Lu Yan decided to take the risk. If things didn't go well, he would simply stay home and not go out today.

"May God bless me, it must be heads, it must be heads." Lu Yan prayed several times before tossing the fortune coin.

Lu Yan's little heart also turned with the fate coins.

When the copper coin was in mid-air, Lu Yan tried to reach out and intercept it, but was surprised to find that he was blocked by an invisible force and could not get close.

You can only watch helplessly as it bounces up and down on the ground, bounces up and down again, until it comes to a complete stop.

Holy crap! It's the back!

This is such bad luck.

Lu Yan couldn't help but start to panic.

Thinking back to the incredible luck he had when he first consumed the Luck Fruit, he wondered if the situation would be reversed and he would be doomed.

He quickly put away all the sharp objects in the house, and after a while, feeling that it was not safe inside the house, he sat cross-legged in the yard.

He neither refined elixirs nor made talismans, and even stopped cultivating; he just sat there in a daze.

But nothing happened for half an hour.

Lu Yan couldn't help but wonder, was this Fate Coin useless?

Or is it that the effect is too small to have much impact on oneself?

Since nothing happened, Lu Yan became bolder. He first wandered around the yard, and then went inside to tidy up.

It was early Chen Shi (7 to 9 AM), more than three hours had passed and nothing was wrong.

Lu Yan decided to take a bath and change his clothes to get rid of the bad luck.

He filled the bathtub with water, then removed his storage bag and clothes and jumped in to start washing.